Remembering History: Charles Nungesser, WWI ace (43 victories) and adventurer. He died attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) with wartime comrade François Coli. The aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927. It never arrived. This was two weeks before Charles Lindbergh's successful attempt.

Charles Nungesser, WWI ace (43 victories) and adventurer. He died attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) with wartime comrade François Coli. The aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927. It never arrived. This was two weeks before Charles Lindbergh's successful attempt.

Charles Nungesser, WWI ace (43 victories) and adventurer. He died attempting to make the first non-stop transatlantic flight in The White Bird (L'Oiseau Blanc) with wartime comrade François Coli. The aircraft took off from Paris on 8 May 1927. It never arrived. This was two weeks before Charles Lindbergh's successful attempt.